Nashita Nusaibah

The heck is this?! From where did a concubine pop out?! He seemed to be caring towards the FL! How did he even agree to this arrangement? I am dropping this!

Ikr. I have never done this before, and i would be almost horrified if someone else said this to me a year ago. But just like i said, Lovely Runner is THAT drama. The exception!!

One personal factor about this drama is that whenever i have rewatched dramas (I rarely do), I have had this urge to lower the rating that i initially gave to those dramas. Yet, in case of Lovely Runner (watching it for the 6th time), never once I felt that it didn't deserve a solid 10. It's that drama!!

Jealousy + not interested in the genre + "I am different" syndrome"

Truly, i mean why the drama which has been named as THE BEST of 2024 by Time, being nominated for the drama category a surprise to them?!

Lmao😭 not only that, this person is diagnosing a psychological problem to every single character. Perhaps she is a psychology student, the literature student in me can only laugh at those reasons (calling Sol a crazed fangirl when the whole kdrama fandom jointly agreed that she was the most laid -back fan ever, who idol-zoned poor Sunjae several times and did not even get jealous about his dating rumours).

To be very honest, it depends on your choice of genre. I have seen most of the negative reviews coming from people who detest this genre *ahem* like one comment above mine *ahem* to the point of making up lies like "no chemistry" and "evil second male lead". One thing i can assure you is that you won't have any problem with the chemistry. Recently, Singer Kai from EXO revealed that men in Army were swooning over the chemistry of this lead pair. However, chemistry is most of the time is not enough to enjoy a drama, (at least not for me, if the storyline is trash).

So, again, the genre. If you are okay with Fantasy Rom-Com, then proceed and watch first 4-5 episodes. But you'll have to proceed without any prejudice. "Overhyped" itself is one prejudice. So, don't depend on people's opinion, make your own. Good Luck!

5 NOMINATIONS in Baeksang Arts Awards on the eve of its anniversary! Oh Lovely Runner, you shall always remain THE GOATED! No matter how many times toxicity and jealousy try to put you down, your success will ALWAYS speak louder!

Heartiest congratulations and a very Happy Anniversary to this masterpiece!

I would disagree on the Ashtine part. There are cutesy scenes of her, which could go horribly wrong and become cringe, but her acting made it appear perfect. Same with her mental breakdown scene. That was a brilliant performance! I will always give credits where its due. Same with the chemistry, the ML and FL have palpable chemistry. It's the storyline that messes up both the characters and the whole show.

I get that the ML's acting is quite amateur in his solo scenes but I do see constant improvement. The fact that this drama only worked because of the the ML and FL's chemistry says a lot. Their romantic scenes are quite well-acted (be it forehead kisses or eye-locks). I do see palpable chemistry between them otherwise, both of their characters are dumb, immature and absolutely unlikable storywise.

The SML has increasingly been giving creepy-obsessed vibes. If that's how it's supposed to be, I would say, he is also doing a good job and has improved.

This storyline is an absolute mess with amateur acting and direction. Ashite Olviga is the only seasoned actor but it is utterly unfortunate that she is stuck with a DUMB character! This show is only getting hyped for the on/off screen chemistry of the lead pair, it seems, thus is only good for tiktok/Instagram edits. If you try to watch the actual show, you'll only end up with a headache.

That red haired guy has crossed all limits of creepiness and delulu. Wtf is he doing with a ring at the age of 17?!

They can simply upgrade things. For example- boys over flowers. It has not only worked for years but has thrived. The main problem here is that they are not willing to upgrade certain aspects and stick to wattpad-y storyline. This show only worked a bit due to the leads' chemistry, otherwise their story is a complete mess.

Exactly, her people pleaser persoanlity gets the best of her in every situation, making a mess.

Unpopular opinion but one of the reason for this version's success is how FL has been written. I have had difficulty understanding the POV or actions of Chinese, Korean and Japanese FLs, but I am glad that I could understand Gorya's decisions/actions most of the time. She delivered all the important scenes quite well. My favorite is when she says "I love you" to Thyme in the rain, completely helpless and heartbroken as he refuses to recognize her. Her those 3 words and way of saying them hold so much depth that even Thyme's mother seems to be affected by it. Brilliant performance by Tu in that scene.

This! I have always thought that people are overly white-washing the 2ML's character in EVERY single version. Dude breaks up with his great love and gets on the plane, the moment he lands back in his town, he is somehow in love with our FL? They consider us foolish enough to think that he is not looking for a rebound? Nobody can convince me of that "angelic aura" around him

Lmao there is a feast going on with the bts of their first kissing scene! 🤭 around 20 takes?! 😏

Now that you said it, i think so too. There are a lot of unnecessary things which can be cut short. Modifying and updating us always good and F4 Thailand previously proved it.

I agree with you, it might get really difficult to keep milking money from AshBin fans considering the opposite wishes of all 3 actors. But i think Viva plans to keep it that way until the show ends (that includes season 2, 3, which I think are quite confirmed at this point, considering the internation hype of the show).

I don't think it's due to Andres or Ashtine. Andres' whole family keeps promoting AshDres (together rather than only their son, Andres) in their socials. And they are a celebrity family so they know what they are doing by continuously sharing AshDres things. And last night at a Ticket selling or whatever which was a supposed AshBin event, Ashtine wore a #AshDres t-shirt (this is a big statement, i would say). So, it shows that both AshDres want their love team promotion. Also, Rabin himself seemed quite bored and nonchalant in some AshBin events (according to my observation), so it seems like he also isn't liking this forced fan service. Thus, i think it's all Viva's doing and the 3 actors are quite helpless. Viva knows that AshDres stans will keep supporting them hence money from AshDres fans will keep coming despite mistreatment cuz they adore AshDres. However, AshBin fans are kinda at the losing end (due to AshDres closeness and Rabin apparently following a bro-code according to the director) so Viva's only way of keep holding on to these AshBin fans and milking money from them is to give some content to them. So they are organizing events after events for them. (Because they lack natural content unlike AshDres). This is a thoroughly planned tactic of Viva to keep the money coming while all 3 actors suffer.

There's not one or two things. There's a list of things he does which are pure red flags. Basically he makes a plan to get engaged with JJ despite knowing that she is madly in love with Keifer. Now, JJ is forced by her family to accept the engagement but she and Keifer ends up making out right after her engagement with Yuri (so yeah she kinda cheated first, but she is forced into this engagement). Anyway, Yuri throughout their engagement period, emotionally manipulates JJ and makes her pity him and feel guilty about loving Keifer. She literally begs twice that she loves Keifer but he doesn't cancel the engagement. In midst of all these, he sleeps with Freya (whom he had previous impregnated and left, Keifer took care of Freya). So, Yuri now again sleeps with Freya while he is engaged to JJ, because he is frustration as JJ still loves Keifer. Though he understands at last that it is not possible between him and Jj and breaks off the engagement. Later it is revealed that he plans to kill Keifer, JJ has found it out and cried to her brother Aries so Aries promised to protect Keifer. But since the 3rd book is ongoing, we are still not sure how serious he is about killing Keifer.